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The Amarillo Globe News founded February 20 1924 with second class matter status dated February 40 1924 at Amarillo Texas post office. Published evenings except weekends in connection with The Amarillo Daily News Sunday morning by Globe News Publishing Co. President Gene Howe and Publisher. John McCarty Assistant Publisher. Wesley Izard Editor in Chief. Telephone department listed.
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Globe News Publishing Co
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Gene Howe
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Telephone
Man discharged for loud snoring sparks wartime speculative talk
A newspaper column contemplates the odd case of a man discharged from the Army for snoring. It muses on whether his absence would have altered the war effort and whether sleep issues might affect future inductions or the national manpower pool.
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Tojo
Wehrmacht
Tax study group forms in House minority leadership
Joseph G. Martin appoints a 25 member Republican tax study panel and hints at a possible GOP House majority after the next election. The move is praised as constructive amid post-war taxation debates and a shift from fault finding to policy proposals. Henry Ford quotes on teaching values conclude the piece.
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House
Joseph Martin
School Breakdown Highlights Failures in Education and Discipline
A Washington examination notes that Navy admission tests reveal large gaps in math and trigonometry among 4200 freshmen at 27 universities. Tennessee teachers report many eighth graders struggle with reading and English mechanics. Critics blame educational trusts, uneven standards, and lack of discipline for declining student performance.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Navy
Naval Reserve
Admiral Nimitz
Bredvold
University of Michigan
Tennessee
H. S. Callahan
United States
Philadelphia
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Teachers College
I. H. Rittenhouse
Haverford College
Aes
Educase
Jenkins
George
The Division of the Italian Fleet
Dorothy Thompson argues that the wartime decision to transfer a third of the Italian fleet to the Russians risks a Italian government crisis and shifts balance of power. She questions Soviet aims in the Balkans and suggests naval aid to Tito and Greek partisans could drive postwar alliance changes. The piece examines timing, strategic motives, and regional implications of Soviet control.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Soviet Union
Mr. Churchill
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Arctic
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Black Sea
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Aegean
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Tito
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Jugoslavia
Greece
Sooner GOP Likes Dewey in Oklahoma Survey
George Gallup reports Oklahoma voters show Governor Thomas E. Dewey as the leading Republican candidate for president, with General Douglas MacArthur and Wendell Willkie also strong. Across the South, Dewey leads 35 percent, MacArthur 26 percent, Willkie about 31 percent in earlier results.
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Douglas MacArthur
Wendell Willkie
South
Oklahoma
General MacArthur
Willkie
Dewey
New York
Geral MacArthur
MacArthur
Thomas EF
Serene Besete
John W. Bricker
Eric Johnston
Ween Neers
Harold Stassen
Religious lecturer cites high birth rate of Indian tribes
Rev. Henry H. Ragatz of Denver asserts in a public talk that Indian tribes have the highest birth rates among racial groups in America, a claim he discusses in context of national demographics.
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America
Henry H. Ragatz
Denver, Colo
Von Ripper Is No Phony In Italy War
Ernie Pyle profiles Lt Rudolf Charles Von Ripper a fearless artist-soldier in Naples. An Austrian immigrant and former circus performer he survived more than 20 battle wounds while serving in the US Army’s 34th Division. He paints war scenes between patrols and front lines, earning a battlefield commission.
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Italy
Rudolf Charles von Ripper
Algeria
von Ripper
Austria
French Foreign Legion
Europe
London
Paris
Shanghai
Berlin
Dollfuss
Balearic Islands
Spain
Salon
Hitler
America
United States Army
Army Arts Corps
North Africa
War Department
Congress
Naples
Eleanor Roosevelt Globe Trotter Whips Through The World
The piece extols Eleanor Roosevelt as a tireless globe loper who has met Eskimos Kowloons and Australians, travels by bus and ship, crosses the Equator and the date line, and stirs debate at home over her role versus Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Central America
Greenland
Tripoli
Roosevelt
Franklin D
Eleanor
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Hungary Seizure Tactics Prompt Axis Defense Plans
The article describes Germany's seizure of Hungary as strategic and brutal, aiming to seal the Danube gateway, defend the Balkans, and protect Romania's Ploesti oil fields. It frames the move as both military and political, intended to deter the Red Army and keep Axis allies in line.
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Hungary
Balkans
Finland
Hitler
Danubian
Romania
Ploesti
Forces maneuver in Rumania and Crimea theater
Report describes Dr L N Pittman and allied units advancing toward Ru mania while others fight in Red traps and remain confined in Crimea. Forces must relocate by air or sea to Romanian ports as the campaign continues.
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Radia
Rumania
Crimea
Rumanian
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